While Macau has been the world's biggest gambling revenue generator for a decade, there is no such thing as status quo or a new normal there. Multi-billion dollar resorts are opening with as few as 100 gaming tables and the licenses of all six concessionaires are set to expire between 2020 and 2022 with no clear guidance from the government as to what will happen next. World Casino News covers Macau with nearly 700 articles on the mecca to date.
Follow this section to learn of breaking developments in Japan, as the final regulations will determine whether the island country will become the next Macau or simply another nation with gambling. Follow along as the titans battle it out for a position in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Vietnam has finally decided to let their citizens play at home and huge integrated resorts are being built there. Singapore and Malaysia are home to massive casino complexes and countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, and the Asian areas of Russia generate casino news on a regular basis. Follow it all on World Casino News.
In Vietnam and a group of casino operators has reportedly petitioned the central government to allow the local citizenry to play within their establishments so as to make up for a recent coronavirus-related dea...
French multinational hospitality behemoth Accor SA has reportedly announced the signing of an agreement that is to see it bring a Raffles-branded hotel to the giant Galaxy Macau development.
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The casino hotspot of Macau is reportedly continuing to recover from the devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and last month saw its aggregated gross gaming revenues rise by an impressive 135.6% year...
The boss for American casino operator Caesars Entertainment Incorporated has reportedly expressed optimism regarding the coming year due to his firm’s Las Vegas Strip properties recently posting a dramatic rise...
Suncity Group is a Macau junket investor who recently announced that new VIP gaming clubs are coming to casino resorts in Cotai. The investor will be launching clubs at the Grand Lisboa Palace and the Londoner ...
Asian casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited has reportedly announced that it eventually intends to bring eight new hotels offering a total of at least 3,000 rooms and villas to its giant Galaxy Mac...
In South Korea and an influential committee of the county’s National Assembly has reportedly recommended a legislative revision that could see Kangwon Land Casino obliged to pay a higher rate of tax in exchange...
The value of individual shares in Macau’s six licensed casino operators reportedly rallied earlier today following positive news regarding aggregated gross gaming revenues, local border restrictions and the rol...
As part of its ongoing expansion in Macau, Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd (27:Hong Kong) (GEG) has announced its Galaxy Macau Phase 4 project, which comes in at a reported cost of MOP$13.01 billion (US$1.63 bil...
American casino operator Caesars Entertainment Incorporated has reportedly sold off its interest in a $767 million gambling-friendly development it is was helping to build in South Korea.
According to a repo...
The government of Macau has reportedly announced that 2020 saw the annual tax contribution from the city’s collection of almost 40 casinos plunge by 73.6% year-on-year to stand at approximately $3.73 billion.
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This week, Genting Malaysia announced that Resorts World Genting reopened on February 16, a few days earlier than expected. The company will open its Resorts World Langkawi and Resorts World Kijal non-gaming pr...
Feeling the sting from the impact of multiple COVID-19 related closures, Kangwon Land, South Korea's only casino where locals are permitted to gamble alongside foreign tourists, has reportedly recorded a KRW275...
The boss for American casino operator MGM Resorts International has reportedly revealed that his firm is still interested in being given the right to bring a gambling-friendly development to the Japanese city o...
In Russia and the government for the Far Eastern province of Primorsky Krai has reportedly announced that it is to help casino operator NagaCorp Limited speed up construction on its $350 million Naga Vladivosto...